Improved rotating- bell and bell-wheel



dntted 3S-States JOSHUA REGESTER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Letters .Pa-tent No. 92,470, dated July 13, 1869.

IMPROVED ROTATING- BELL AND BELL-WHEEL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters lPatent: and making part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSHUA REGESTER, of thecity and county of Baltimore, `in the State of Maryland, have invented anew and improved Mode of Hanging Large Bells, and of Constructing theWheels therefor; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specication, in which- Figurel is a top view of a bell hung by its oscillating yoke, and having myimprovements applied to it.

Figure 2 is a diametrical section through the improved bell andbell-wheel, applied to the bell-yoke, which latter is shownpartly insection.

Figure 3 is a view of two segments ofthe improved wheel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severaliigures.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in keys or pins for bothsustaining the bell independently of the bolt which sustains theclappevr, and for permitting of the desired adjustment ot the bell, saidpins being so applied, that when tightened, they hold the bell fromturning around the clapper, but when loosened, will permit it to beturned so as to present new striking-surfaces to the clapper. I am awareof contrivances for tnrninga bell continuously during thestriking-operation. I also am aware of b ells having been suspended upona square bolt, such bolt carryingthe clap'per and the bell, both beingsuspended by a bolt, which is held in position by a removable key-cap.My mode of. employing keys for sustaining the bell independently oi' theclapper-support, and for permitting the hell to be periodically turned ashort distance around the clapper without unshipping the bell, is`animprovement over the modes referred to, and previously invented.

My invention consists, second, in the combination ot' a metal hub, withhollow spoke-sockets, a series of wooden spokes, and a series of metaloverlapping felloes, of a form adapted for forming a ring with a grooveiu its periphery, the'said paifts being all united together by screws orbolts, all as hereinafter explained, and as represented in the drawings.

This combination ot parts enables me to' make a strong, light, anddurable bell-wheel.

I am aware that' wagon and other wheels have been made of wood'and metalcombined, but I am not aware that a pulley, or any other groovedl wheel,has been formed as I have shown and'descrifoed.

Ir" a wheel is made out of wood entire, it must be made very heavy, inorder to be strong enough and if'made entirely of metal, it will be'tooexpensive, and too heavy.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willdescribe its construction and opera- :-io n.

In the accompanying drawings- A is the bell;

B, the oscillating yoke, with trunnions b b on its` extremities; and

C, the bell-wheel or pulley, over which the bell-rope passes.

The tapering hub or ear a, at the crown of the bell,

has auannular groove, d, formed in its perimeter, near its upper end,which groove coincides or matches with a corresponding groove, d, formedin the yoke B, as shown in fig. 2.

When the bell is applied to the yoke, and two keys c c are driventhrough the yoke, so as to pass through the grooves d d, the attachmentof the bell to its yoke will be eliected, and the bell may be turnedabout its axis by simply loosening said keys, without disconuecting orunhanging the bell from its yoke.

The keys c c are arranged on opposite sides of the ear or hub a, andpass transversely through the yoke; and these keys may be locked intheir places by pins passed through their smallest ends, as shown intig. 1.

The clapper D is'pivoted to a hanger, h, by a pin, j, passing througheye k, which hanger receives, through a square hole made centrallythrough its head, a square-shanked bolt, j, having a head, fi,

formed on its lower end.

This square-shanked bolt passes loosely through a hole made through thebell, and centrally through the hub or ear a, as shown in tig. 2, andreceives upon it v a key-cap, e, and a nut, g.

rlhe hanger h cannot turn about the bolt f, nor can the cap e turn aboutthis bolt, as they both it snugly upon the prismatic portion of thisbolt; and the cap e has lugs o o formed on its lower side, which, whenthis cap is in place on the yoke, will enter recesses made in the yoke.

By this arrangement and construction of parts, it will be seen, that byloosening the nut g and the two keys c c, the bell can be adjusted aboutits axis without having the clapper to turn about its aXis, or detaehingthe bell from its yoke.

After adjusting the bell, the keys c c and nut g are set up tight again.

The wheel C consists 0f ametal rim, wooden spokes,

and a metal hub.

The hub H is constructed with radial tubular sockets, t, around it, forreceiving the spokes S; and the rim is made up of metal segments, orhalf'felloes, G G, secured together so as to overlap one another at theends, and thus break joints.

These segments are made so as to form sockets, s', when securedtogether, for receiving the tenons, s, on the'outer ends of the spokesS, as shownv in igsaf and 3; and the segments are also made so as toleave an annular' groove around the wheel when they are secured togetherby screws or rivets p.

A bell-wheel `can beconstructed in this way so that it will be verylight, and stilllpossess great strength.

The hub o r cara is made Slightly tapering, and fitted into a.corresponding socket in the yoke, so that when the keys cc are drivenhard into their places, they will draw the said hub or ear tightly intoits socket; and when these keys are ioosened, the bell will settlesutiloiently to loosen it, and allow it to be turned about its verticalaxis.

Having described my invention,

That I claim as new, and desire to seenre by Letters Patent, is-

1. Fastening the bell to its yoke by means of the keys c c,substantially as described, and for the. purpose set forth.

2. The groove in the hub of the bell, in combination with the groove inthe yoke, and with the keys cV c, substantially ztsdesorbed.

3. The combination of the metall hub, h ving so'ckets, the woodenspokes, and the overlapping soeketed flanged felloes, the sauneconstituting an improved bellwheel, as set forth.

J OSHUA REGESTER,

Witnesses:

JAMES M. HUGG, DANIEL T, RnGEsfrER.

